Variable Refresh Rate Glitch

Vilehell · Jun 17, 2020

Hi, so I have this acer 2018 4k HDR freesync monitor. It works well but I've been running into this issue since the end of last year when I started to just use the freesync option and not use HDR. I would get the option to allow variable refresh rate and
it all works fine. Then out of nowhere it shows that my variable refresh rate is greyed out when my freesync is enabled on my monitor. I try everything I can to enable it again. I unplug my monitor and unplug my xbox. Then i plug my montior back in and turn
it on. Then i make sure the freesync is on then I turn on my xbox and sometimes that works but sometimes that doesn't, which I am currently experiencing right now. It gets frustrating because it usually works fine. I don't know what to do. Sometimes I usually
get off when this happens and then later it works again. I don't know if this is some glitch and other people have experienced this but it's super annoying. Anyone know why this happens?

edit: I forgot to mention that I have the one x if that helps with anything.

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Vilehell

Before you replied I got it working again by messing around with it but now it's doing it again today. I tried this and it didnt work. I don't know why my xbox is not detecting my freesync.

napalm 31337

Have you tried to uncheck YCC 4:2:2 ? because this setting must be used only if you have issue without it, maybe in this case uncheck it fix your issue.

SwordofWhedon

DisplayPort doesn't affect picture quality in any way. It's a digital transport for a video signal. The same hardware interprets the signal at the end. The only reason it's still around is apparently it has additional features for multiple displays. Likely you have different settings on that input which makes it look "better"

It can't do VRR because there needs to be bidirectional communication between the device and the display. They need to tell each other how to adjust things

Ronnieee

If your display is showing better resolution then definitely the settings from the monitor is working independently. Normally, it would depend on the settings from the console but your set up seems to be working from the monitor itself because the monitor has its own freesync.

Ronnieee

Yes, I got what you were saying about using the display port with an adapter since the monitor only has display port rather than hdmi. But this will still not allow Xbox to have VRR because of the compatibility and requirements. Were you able to test out the games if frame rates are still good?

Variable Refresh Rate Glitch